Save the the private key on your computer.ĥ.

Or if you already have a private key, click the Load button and load it.Ĥ. Open PuTTYgen and generate an SSH-2 RSA key with 2048 bits. Use the full Windows installer so you get all modules.Ģ. Unfortunately they assume you are using OpenShift’s rch setup, which requires installing OpenShift tools. There are details in this article about using PuTTY. (These instructions assume you are working in Microsoft Windows.) Set up an SSH Key Pair You’ll need an SSH key pair to get access to the site using PuTTY and WinSCP. Set the app’s alias to match the previous step, e.g. Back on the application page, next to the application’s URL at the top, click Change. At your DNS provider, create the CNAME record for your new web site. Note that if you try to add phpMyAdmin, you’ll get this message: “phpmyadmin-4 cannot be embedded in scalable app….”ħ. On the following page, click Add Cartridge. Back on the application page, under Databases, choose Add MySQL 5.5. Change it to scale to a Maximum of 1 small gear.Ħ. Your new application screen will open with the PHP 5.4. Will you be changing the code of this application? Not now, continue.ĥ. Region: aws-us-east-1 (the only option for small gears)Ĥ. Scaling: Scale with web traffic (so SQL can be in a separate gear, per Tip 2 in the 12 Tips article) At the Welcome page, click Create your first application now.Ģ.

OpenShift has a helpful article, 12 Tips for Hosting WordPress on OpenShift, that I refer to below. Part 2: Set up WordPress on the OpenShift application. Part 1: Set up the OpenShift application and access it remotely.

So how do you create a “standard” WordPress site on OpenShift? This two part article will show you.

Their WordPress sample sites loads easily enough, but includes a non-standard directory structure that might cause trouble with uploads and restores. However, OpenShift is focused on developers and by default expects you to install command-line tools and git version control to be able to create and update your site. This should be a faster setup since the OpenShift gears will be dedicated to just this one site. I wanted to move a WordPress site from a shared host to a OpenShift, the PaaS offering from RedHat.

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